Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is in good company having brushed off the COP summit to meet with oil monarchies, because Canada is an oil monarchy. That is its identity. It received a fossil award at COP, just like the oil monarchies. It ranks 61 out of 67 countries in the climate performance index, alongside the oil monarchies.
Today, the Liberals want to take another step backward. They want to reach an agreement with Alberta to build a new dirty oil pipeline. That is the Canadian identity. The Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture did not defend this before. How can he defend it now?